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A parliamentary panel report on health and family welfare, tabled less than a fortnight ago, put the spotlight on certain regulatory procedures governing medical devices, calling for its overhaul to bring in transparency, besides paving the way for the growth of...

Healthcare is a cornerstone of a country’s economic progress, as it influences the well-being of its people and the productivity of its workforce. In India, every dollar spent on healthcare can generate returns of up to three dollars. However, this...

Rashi RayDirector, Response India 1. Books: My morning starts at 8 with a cup of Darjeeling tea and I read for 45 minutes. It sets a reflective tone for creativity and intellectual engagement. My home library has over 5,000 books...

It’s not just what happens in the external world that fascinates us, but what happens within our bodies is just as, or more fascinating. How do we copy genes from our parents? What happens if they are not copied well?...

TheUS Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) and the US Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) have announced ‘Operation Stork Speed’ to expand options for safe, reliable, and nutritious infant formula. Under HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, the FDA is...

World Health Day (April 7) will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. Titled ‘Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’, it urges governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and to...

In the run-up to World Tuberculosis Day (March 24), the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for urgent investment of resources to protect and maintain TB care and support services for people in need across regions and countries. TB remains...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the primary tool for diagnosing obesity worldwide. BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight (in kg) by the square of their height (in metre).BMI is often used as a quick screening...

The long-pending demand of bank unions for a five-day banking per week is now receiving serious attention from the government, including at the level of the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.This was conveyed by a senior official from the Department of...